[kepler-dev] [Bug 1331] New: - interface enhancements

[Bertram Ludaescher]

>>>>> "CB" == Chad Berkley <berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu> writes:
CB> 
CB> Hey Bertram,
CB> With bugzilla, what you should do is post your comments to the bug in 
CB> bugzilla so we have a record of it.  since this went to the list, there 
CB> is no record of your comments in the bug....but I've replied 
CB> below...we'll have to get used to the bugzilla thing :)

ok ... hopefully next time =B-)



CB> 
CB> Bertram Ludaescher wrote:
>> First: thanks for cross-posting to Kepler dev!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>> "b" == bugzilla-daemon  <bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org> writes:
>>>>>> 
>> 
b> below is a list of GUI enhancements that were noted at the SEV meeting.  Each
b> needs to be addressed before the interface is really usable.  Some of these bugs
b> might be Mac specific but most of them are not.  
b> 
b> --move actor config to one dialog
b> --make actor lib searchable
b> --add metadata to actors for different categorization
b> --make the actor lib re order itself when you choose a different director...it
b> should only show actors that work with that director
>> 
>> wow, that's a tough call (maybe undecidable ;-)
>> 
>> It requires from each actor developer to annotate what director may
>> work.
>> This is barely feasible. Also: since actors and directors are largely
>> developed  indepdently, this will not show "legacy actors" as being
>> usable as new directors come in... 
>> 
>> maybe the default should be: every  actor works with every director,
>> unless otherwise specified...
CB> 
CB> yeah, that's pretty much what I had decided.  I want to add more 
CB> metadata to each actor to enable this kind of functionality.
CB> 
>> 
b> --allow output to be viewed on the vergil canvas
>> 
>> ?? 
>> 
b> --add user documention to each actor
>> 
>> sure
>> 
b> --make it easier to expose parameters to the run window
b> --allow actors to have aliases
b> --remove functionality that domains scientists would not use (EE stuff)
>> 
>> should be part of the general "customize your library" effort.
CB> 
CB> yeah
CB> 
>> 
b> --change paste behavior to force pasted elements to be in the current clipping
b> view instead of the middle of the canvas
b> --allow all ports to display port name or have arcs display the name of the
b> values passed
b> --when you add a port, don't randomly select the cardinal direction...inputs
b> should be west, outputs east BY DEFAULT
b> --make dialogs resize based on screen resolution
b> --the zoom buttons are totally unintuitive.  they need new icons
>> 
>> In the recent Ptolemy demos by Steve and Yang, I have seen standard icons
CB> 
CB> hmm, they must not have made it into a release yet.  that would be nice 
CB> if they already fixed it....I should probably start working from their 
CB> cvs source instead of the release.
CB> 
>> 
b> --allow ampersands in annotations
>> 
>> Good that this all has been assigned to Chad ;-)
CB> 
CB> you just wait!
CB> 
>> 
>> Bertram
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